The CISO mandate has shifted from data protection to business survival. In multi-cloud environments, an adversary who compromises AWS credentials doesn’t just access production data. They can delete backups, snapshots, and disaster recovery configurations across your entire cloud ecosystem. Most organizations exist somewhere between “we have backups” and “we can recover cleanly under attack.” Evaluating data protection platforms now requires deep scrutiny of architecture, economics, and operational resilience across heterogeneous cloud ecosystems.